Blotting inkstand



July 3, 1923.

1,460,507 J. G. SCHWARTZ BLOTTING INKS TAND Filed Feb; 2, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 x may A m/F55 SUHWAHTZ ig MX AZTUHNE Patented July 3, 1923.

i UNE JACOB GEORGE SCHWARTZ, OF ROCKINGHAIVI TOWNSHIP, SCOTT COUNTY, IOWA.

BLOTTING INKSTAND.

Application filed February 2, 1922. Serial No. 533,511.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JACOB (i nonen SCHWARTZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rockingham Township. in the county of Scott and State of Iowa. have invented a new and useful Blotting Inkstand, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in blotting-inkstands, which combine a tape blotting device with an inkstand; and the objects of my invention are to provide an ever ready means of having a clean blotter, a non-spilling ink'stand capable of keeping ink secure against dust and evaporation, in such manner as to combine efficiency with an ample supply of fresh material on hand for the use of the clerical I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a blotting inkstand. i

Figure 2 is a side elevation disclosing the dipping bowl.

Figure 3 is a plan view of'the blotter plate. v

Figure 4 is-a cross sectional viewtaken on the line 4'l of Fig. 1.

Figure 5 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 55 of Fig. 1.

Figure 6 is a plan view of one of the sills.

Figures 7 and 8 are respectively side elevation and top plan views of one of the end frames.

Figure 9 is a top plan view of the sillcap disclosing the handle fitting.

Figure lO-is a plan View of the blotter spool,

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The general framework of'my invention consists of a pair of end frames 2, mounted upon a pair of sills 3, and secured thereto by a sill cap 4:, by screw means 4:, at their tops and by a blotter plate 1 by flange means 1 and 1 and screw means 15 at their hottoms, in such manner as to form a housing capable of holding an ink well 8 and blotter roll 13 as shown in Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.

End frames 2 are preferably constructed of Wire but may be constructed of any flexible material capable of being bent and retaining their form, and are constructed, by bending approximately the middle one third of a bar in such way'as to form an arc 2 of a circle, after which I shape the ends 2* of such bar suitable to form the sides and upper part of the box by first bending the end 2 right-angularly in the directionof the arc 2 ofsaid circle until said ends 2* are uprightly parallel to'each other after which I further make an S offset 2* in such parallel ends. saidS offset 2 directioned with the perimeter of the circle,and stationed suitably nearer the extremity of such parallel ends 2, and 2* so formed that the upper end of the S offset 2 has a larger throat. I V

I also bend such parallel ends 2 midway between the S offset 2", and the extremity of the are 2 the upper part of bent portion 2 I designate as29 which bent portion 2 extends in the direction of the S offset 2, and in line with said circle, such bent portion 2, being made at an approximate angle of thirty-five degrees from the line of said parallel ends 2 thus leaving both parts of the extremity of the said bar adjoining the said offset 2 as well, that above: 2 as that below: 2 directly in an alignment parallel to each other, yet leaving the vuppenextremities of those portions designated as 2 elevated to a common plane and above the extremity of those parts 2". Said extremi-- ties 2 also have right angular offsets 2 directioned suit ably at a right angle from said circle, in such manner as to form a brace 2 said brace 2, having at its end a short downwardly extendlng mb 2?, sultable for engagement in a vertical hole 3 found in the top of sill 3 which brace 2 is laid in a groove 3 provided in the edge of sill 3. be

tween the end of said sill and said vertical hole 3". 3

It will be observed that it requires two of said end braces 2 and two of said sills 3 in making the proper frame work of my ink st-and'and when I attach a pair of braces 2 to the ends of a pair of sills 3, I' secure them together by means of cap '5,,w'h'ich cap consists of two strips 4 of suitable ma 'terial in dimension corresponding to the upper edges of sills 3, which-strips 4; are securely rigidly attached unto each other and held in position by clamp 6 also holding a suitable handle 5 secured thereto by rive ets 5, and when said strips 4 are placed on top of sills 8 and secured thereto by screws 4 in holes 3 they hold the braces 2 in grooves 3 and nibs 2 in hole 3*, thus -hold-. ing said end frames uprightly in vertical position.

Beneath the arc of thecircle 2 of end frames 2, l secure a bottom plate 1, which is a rectangular blank having plural side flanges secured to said :trames by protruding side flanges l and 1 provided on the sides ofsaid plate and which flanges are suitable for bending around the bar of said are 2,

In the center of plate 1 I have provided four holes 1 suitable for the insertion of screws 15 into holes 9 provided in the bottom edge of sills 3, which screws 15 connectedly with nibs 2 and cap 5, hold the frame work together and strengthen the stand;

I have provided the ordinary split spool 14, having an oblong transverse perforation lat disposed through its middle suitable for securing a blotter 13, endwise therein,

said spool having round enos 14's suitable for fitting said spools snugly in the larger throat 0t the S offset 2 which forms a boxing thereif'or, so that when spools 14. are placed in the boxing provided therefor in said 8 ofiset 2"and a blotter is passed beneaththe plate 1, secured to and wound upon one of said spools with the other end of such blotter secured in the other spool secured in the other boxing provided in the other 8 offset 2 such blotter may be wound and rewound in use as desired.

Sills 3 are formed of any suitable material preferably wood or fibre, of a length and height corresponding to the length and height of ink well and reservoir 8 and are spaced parallel to each other upon are 2*, distanced apart corresponding to the width of the ink well and reservoir 8. Said sills 3 are provided with vertical holes 3 in their top edges to accommodate screw tastening means P of cap 5, and with vertical holes 3" in their bottom edges to accommodate the fastening means 15 operated through holes 1 blotter plate 1.

Sills 3 are of uneven thickness having both of their sides rabbeted in such manner as to leave a bench 3 upon one of their sides which rabb'eted sides are intended to face each other and upon which 3 I mount a suitably proportioned ink well and reservoir S beneath cap 5. Said ink and reservoir 8 consist of a square reservoir having a spoon end 8 and a screw threaded bottle mouth 10 the bottle mouth being upon the bottom of the reservoir and closed by a screw cap 10 at the end oppositefrom the spoon end 8, the

spoon end 8 being open at the top and pro-.

vided with screw thread means 9 for receiving said dip basket 9.

The dip basket 9 is provided with the ordinary. plate cover not shown and has a flaring cup portion 9 which cup portion 9 has its bottom open and its lip attached in unit to a downwardly disposed enveloping acorn shaped basket bowl 9 the lip of which is attached to the lip of cup 9 in unit in such manner as to suspend cup 9 within said basket bowl 9, the two being suspended within spoon end 8 by screw thread means 9, in such manner as to let the ink circulate around basket 9v and enter it at port 9 when the ink well 8 is mounted right sideup.

I provide basket ball 9 with a port hole 9 positionedbeneath-the bottom of cup 9 and beneath the plane of the bottle mouth 10 and were it not for this port hole 9, the said ink pot would when the cap is screwed on bottle mouth 10, and dip basket 9 is screwed in, be air tight, but by utilizing the port hole 9 means, the ink is permitted to escape from the bowl 8 intobasketbowl9:

By reason of the location of port hole 9 it the ink well be over turned theink cannot escape from the well, and is kept-free dicular ends, boxing means within the up- 1 per portion of their ends, othershort brace' means provided at upwardly disposed ends of the end braces, the last mentioned bracemeans being provided with vertical nibmeans suitable for securing the said end bracesto the ends of a pair of sill imem here, which with said end brace members form a part of the frame work of said blot-' ting-inkstan d.

2. In a blotting ink-stand, having sill members; said sill members each-having one of their sides rabbeted to form a bench suitable for supporting an lnk'wel-l and reservoir, and having plural hole means right.

angularly provided in their edges suitable for receiving screw fasteningmeans, said sill members also having angular hole means in one of their edges suitable for receiving the nib fastening means of an end frame and also having groove means'prov-ided in the ends of one of their said edges parallel therewith provided inthe elevated portion of an end frame, said sills alsohaving otherpar cap consisting of a pair of strip members stationed a suitable distance apart, parallel" to each other. and each midway secured upon the end of a clasp member, each of said strip members being provided with plural,

vertical hole means stationed suitablynear'.

their ends, said holes corresponding tothe vertical holes in the edges of the sill mem-' bers and suitable .t'or engaging screw fas-l.

suitable to bed the brace means tening means suited to connectedly engage in the holes provided in the said strip-s and the holes provided in the-said sills; handle means provided in the engaging recess of said clasp member.

4. In a blotting inkstand composed of an ink well and reservoir member fitted with aframe composed of side brace and sill members, an ink well member having a spoon shaped end, said spoon shaped end being formed in such manner as to permit a dip basket portion thereof to. be secured within the perimeter of its brim by screw thread means, the bottom of the spoon end being made lower than the bottom of the reservoir end, the other end of said ink well being box shaped, said box being provided With a bottle mouth outwardly disposed upon its bottom side, said bottle mouth bei g provided with screw thread means capable of other engagement with other screw thread means of screw cap means provided for closing said bottle mouth; dip basket means having screw thread means outwardly provided around its greater perimeter, capable of engagement with the screw threads of the spoon of the ink reservoir, said dip basket means having an inverted bell-shaped portion attached with its lip in unit, to the larger perimeter of the] said dip basket, said bell portion extendingwith said basket is with the ink well overturned;

an open smaller end downwardly intosuch.

dip basket; port hole means disposed in line with the bottom of the ink reservoir in:

the wall of the dip basket, suitable to per mit the flow of ink from the spoon shaped end of said reservoir into said dip basket,-

and to prevent the flow of ink therein when I supporting a blotter, said spool members" 7 i being mounted within bo'xings provided in the ends of said end brace members in such manner as to permit the said spool members to be rolled; a blotter wound upon a spool member said blotter having one of its ends attached to another spool member, and capable of being wound from one spool onto the other; a blotter plate member disposed between said end brace members, and bee tween said spool members in such manner that when saidblotter is wound from one spool member to the other, itwilljcause-said blotter to fitsnugly against the bottom side of the said blotting late member.

JACOB en Ron SCHWARTZi' 

